Computing Internet / Network Security Intrusion
detection system
Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
What is an IDS?
Intrusion detection systems types of ids
An intrusion
detection system (IDS) monitors network traffic and monitors for suspicious
activity and alerts the system or network administrator.
In some cases the IDS
may also respond to anomalous or malicious traffic by taking action such as
blocking the user or source IP address from accessing the network.
IDS come in a variety of “flavors” and approach
the goal of detecting suspicious traffic in different ways.